diff --git a/connect/api/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/data/SchemaProjector.java b/connect/api/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/data/SchemaProjector.java
index ea31752f60e..5400705cd10 100644
--- a/connect/api/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/data/SchemaProjector.java
+++ b/connect/api/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/data/SchemaProjector.java
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ public class SchemaProjector {
         assert source.type().isPrimitive();
         assert target.type().isPrimitive();
         Object result;
-        if (isPromotable(source.type(), target.type())) {
+        if (isPromotable(source.type(), target.type()) && record instanceof Number) {
             Number numberRecord = (Number) record;
             switch (target.type()) {
                 case INT8:
diff --git a/connect/api/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/data/SchemaProjectorTest.java b/connect/api/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/data/SchemaProjectorTest.java
index 151114e2d29..0db4eecf25c 100644
--- a/connect/api/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/data/SchemaProjectorTest.java
+++ b/connect/api/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/data/SchemaProjectorTest.java
@@ -352,6 +352,17 @@ public class SchemaProjectorTest {
         projected = SchemaProjector.project(Timestamp.SCHEMA, 34567L, Timestamp.SCHEMA);
         assertEquals(34567L, projected);
 
+        java.util.Date date = new java.util.Date();
+
+        projected = SchemaProjector.project(Date.SCHEMA, date, Date.SCHEMA);
+        assertEquals(date, projected);
+
+        projected = SchemaProjector.project(Time.SCHEMA, date, Time.SCHEMA);
+        assertEquals(date, projected);
+
+        projected = SchemaProjector.project(Timestamp.SCHEMA, date, Timestamp.SCHEMA);
+        assertEquals(date, projected);
+
         Schema namedSchema = SchemaBuilder.int32().name("invalidLogicalTypeName").build();
         for (Schema logicalTypeSchema: logicalTypeSchemas) {
             try {